Christina Grimmie (Pop Singer) – Overview, Biography

Christina Grimmie
Name:Christina Grimmie
Occupation: Pop Singer
Gender:Female
Height:165 cm (5′ 5”)
Birth Day: March 12,
1994
Death Date:Jun 10, 2016 (age 22)
Age: Aged 22
Birth Place: Marlton,
United States
Zodiac Sign:Pisces

Christina Grimmie

Christina Grimmie was born on March 12, 1994 in Marlton, United States (22 years old). Christina Grimmie is a Pop Singer, zodiac sign: Pisces. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: $800 Thousand.

Brief Info

YouTube sensation who uploaded covers of songs by Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato on various social media outlets. She competed on The Voice’s sixth season in 2014. 

Trivia

She released an EP titled Find Me which reached #2 on iTunes and her debut album With Love hit #3 on iTunes. She starred in the movie The Matchbreaker, which was released in October 2016. 

Net Worth 2020

$800 Thousand
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Family Members

#NameRelationshipNet WorthSalaryAgeOccupation
#1Albert Grimmie Parents N/A N/A N/A
#2Tina Grimmie Parents N/A N/A N/A

Does Christina Grimmie Dead or Alive?

As per our current Database, Christina Grimmie died on Jun 10, 2016 (age 22).

Physique

HeightWeightHair ColourEye ColourBlood TypeTattoo(s)
165 cm (5′ 5”) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Before Fame

She started singing when she was five and began playing piano when she was ten years old. Later, she attended Baptist High School in New Jersey. 

Biography

Biography Timeline

1994

Christina Victoria Grimmie was born to Tina and Albert Grimmie in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Jersey, on March 12, 1994. Her mother worked as a receptionist until she was diagnosed with breast cancer; her father worked at Verizon Communications as of 2014. She had an older brother, Marcus (who served as Christina’s road manager during her performances). Grimmie was of Italian and Romanian descent and grew up in Marlton, New Jersey, where she attended Bethel Baptist Christian School, Marlton Middle School, and Cherokee High School. Her father noticed Grimmie’s talent for singing when she was six years old, and she started playing the piano at age 10. Despite having received piano lessons, Grimmie said she played by ear.

2004

Grimmie’s death led to calls for increased security at performing arts venues, and also created a discussion about gun control and mental health. American heavy metal band Pantera, noting the similarities between Grimmie’s murder and the deaths of former Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott and three others in 2004, urged concert promoters and club owners to impose stronger measures to protect artists from “gun wielding fanatics. Sadly, that’s not the case and another rising star had to pay the consequences with her life.”

2009

Grimmie began posting videos to her YouTube channel in 2009 at age 15, under the username of zeldaxlove64. Grimmie stated that she began a musical YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music, and because her friend persuaded her to post her videos on the popular video sharing website. The first video she uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana’s “Don’t Wanna Be Torn”. She first earned recognition for her cover of Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the U.S.A.” in August 2009. Grimmie’s covers first gained attention and stood out due to her voice, personality, and interpretations of well-known songs.

2010

Grimmie was homeschooled for her junior year of high school in 2010. That same year, she covered Nelly’s “Just a Dream” with fellow YouTuber Sam Tsui in a video which received more than 160 million views over the course of eight years, Later, it also became available on iTunes and Spotify. In 2011, she placed No. 2 in the MyYouTube competition, behind Selena Gomez. As her popularity grew on YouTube, Grimmie was discovered in 2011 by Gomez’s mother, Mandy Teefey; Teefey and her husband Brian soon became Grimmie’s managers.

2011

Grimmie performed in the UNICEF charity concert, and also performed backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene; she appeared on the first DigiTour in 2011, which was created specifically for YouTube artists. Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared on the Billboard Social 50; she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers during the Concert of Hope. She toured for six weeks with Selena Gomez & the Scene opening for them in the We Own the Night Tour.

She released an EP entitled Find Me, on June 14, 2011. The album was released independently and debuted at number 35 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US. Her debut single “Advice” was released to Radio Disney on June 11, with the music video, directed by Sean Babas, being released on July 19 on her YouTube channel. She appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, performing a cover to Lil Wayne’s “How to Love”; the episode aired on October 10, 2011. On November 20, 2011, Grimmie performed at the 39th American Music Awards of 2011 pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition of “Higher” and also won her first award. She also performed her song “Not Fragile” at the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene. She and the band then appeared together in a commercial for Xbox’s Kinect. Grimmie also appeared in a commercial for Doritos that same month. Grimmie was the special musical guest performing her hit song “Advice” on Disney Channel’s So Random!, which premiered on December 11, 2011.

2012

In January 2012, Grimmie moved to Los Angeles to pursue her singing career; she was signed in April to Creative Artists Agency. On Disney.com, she starred in the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29, 2012, until June 5, 2012. She also revealed that she would be working with a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group originally from her hometown area in New Jersey. A stripped version of Grimmie’s original song “Find Me” was released on ITunes in June 2012, and reached the front page later in July. Though Grimmie’s channel mostly focused on covers and original music, she also started pursuing other interests. By April 2013, Grimmie’s channel had more than 375 million views and two million subscribers. She then opened for Gomez during the North American leg of her Stars Dance Tour, performing songs from her debut album With Love, which was released on August 6, 2013. On October 3, her music video for “Tell My Mama” was given its exclusive premiere on Billboard.com. Grimmie said the video is “about a guy that I start liking in school, and he’s sort of a dangerous kid, and I am the type of girl that tells my mom about everything.” In January 2014, Grimmie appeared on an episode of the podcast Shane and Friends; Dawson was a friend of Grimmie’s.

2014

During the competition, Grimmie’s coach Adam expressed his desire to sign her to his record label, 222 Records; Lil Wayne also showed interest in signing her to Young Money Entertainment. She ultimately chose to sign with Island Records. She toured with previous contestants of The Voice including season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, Will Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton, season 6 winner Josh Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, and fellow season 6 contestants Kristen Merlin and Jake Barker. The Voice Summer tour started on June 21, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. She was writing and recording music for her sophomore album, her third major release, and first release since being signed to a label. The lead single was expected to be released in July 2014, with the album following later in the year. Grimmie announced via Facebook that filming for the lyric video for the single started on July 6, 2014. On July 11, she announced that her new single would be called “Must Be Love”. On July 15, 2014, she announced via a live stream that the song would be released on July 31. “Must Be Love” was produced by Elof Loelv and recorded at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.

Grimmie possessed a light-lyric soprano vocal range of three octaves and three notes. In 2014, while on The Voice, Usher called her a “baby Céline Dion”. Graham Nash said, “I’m amazed at the range and the control and the depth of her voice. At 20 years old? That’s insane.” Shakira deemed her high register “out of this world.”

Grimmie was an animal rights activist and participated in fundraising events for the Humane Society of the United States. The Christina Grimmie Animal Medical Fund was created in her honor, and she posthumously won the “Impact Award” from the industry for her animal rights activism. She also worked with PETA to promote pet adoption, after adopting a dog in 2014. In her honor, she received a leaf on PETA’s Tree of Life, which honors heroes for animals. Grimmie was an anime fan, and had a Twitch channel where she frequently streamed.

2015

In February 2015, Grimmie collaborated with Dove Cameron and made a music video for “What A Girl Is”, an original song from Cameron’s show Liv and Maddie. The music video was released on Grimmie’s channel, and Disney’s YouTube channel. It was also promoted on the official channel. On March 4, 2015, Grimmie announced that she had been dropped from Island Records and that she was working on a new album set to be released in late 2015. The new single from the album, “Cliché”, was released on March 16, 2015. On April 27, Grimmie released her second single, “Stay with Me”, a collaboration with Diamond Eyes, which climbed to No. 5 on the iTunes Electronic Charts. The song also was included on 2015 UKF Dubstep, an album showcasing the top dubstep songs of the year. She was also a contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy’s Rising Star Contest. On May 27, 2015, Grimmie was revealed as the winner of the contest, securing her spot to open the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September. On July 2, 2015, she released her third single, “Shrug”. In September 2015, she was one of 16 international artists including Paul McCartney to record the charity single “Love Song to the Earth”, which raises climate change awareness. Grimmie returned to The Voice for season 9, to promote Kohl’s fashion.

2016

On February 21, 2016, Grimmie released her second EP, titled Side A, which consisted of four songs. Grimmie said Side B was likely to follow. She had hoped to release a second full-length album by the end of the year.

Grimmie had made a four-part video series for Side A comprising “The Ballad of Jessica Blue”; in July 2016, Brian Teefey announced that the videos would debut via Billboard then be featured on her YouTube channel. The first video, for the song “Snow White”, debuted on August 11. The second video, for “Anybody’s You”, debuted on August 18. “Deception” debuted on August 25; “Without Him” on September 1.

Grimmie made her motion picture acting debut in The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter. The film was released in selected theaters in October 2016 and released digitally in December.

Grimmie received her only Teen Choice Award in 2016, winning posthumously for Choice Web Star: Music. It was her third such nomination. The televised ceremony caused backlash among her fans, who said her name was used to promote the show, but never mentioned during the broadcast despite the inclusion of a tribute to victims of gun violence. Her fans also called out the Emmys for excluding Grimmie from their memoriam.

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie performed with Before You Exit at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. Earlier that day, she posted a shout-out on social media asking people to attend the concert. After their performance ended at 10:00 p.m. local time, Grimmie signed autographs inside the venue. At 10:24 p.m., Grimmie was shot by 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl after initially opening her arms to give him a hug. As witnesses fled the scene, Loibl was tackled by Grimmie’s brother, and the men scuffled. Loibl broke free, backed against a wall, and shot himself dead. Grimmie was on the ground and bleeding from the head; after CPR was performed on her, 911 was called and she was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical condition with four gunshot wounds; she was pronounced dead just before 11:00 p.m. local time. An autopsy revealed that Grimmie was shot once in the head and twice in the chest. Her death was declared a homicide.

In December 2016, six months after her murder, Grimmie’s family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against several entities, including the concert promoter, the foundation that owns the venue, and the security company working the event. In January 2017, the venues requested that the judge dismiss the lawsuit, claiming Florida law does not allow business owners to be held liable for attacks on their property. A hearing on the motion to dismiss the lawsuit was set for May 23. The lawsuit was dismissed but Grimmie’s family was given an opportunity to re-file the suit. The judge stated that the suit did not make enough of a distinction between the concert promoter and the venue owner.

2017

On February 17, 2017, Grimmie’s family released the posthumous single “Invisible”. “Invisible” is part of Grimmie’s EP Side B, which was released on April 21, 2017. Following the release of Side B, Grimmie’s first posthumous album, All Is Vanity, was released on June 9, 2017. On May 11, 2018, Grimmie’s family released another single, “Little Girl,” which Grimmie wrote and recorded to support her mother as she battled breast cancer. On September 15, 2020, Grimmie’s family released her original song “Cry Wolf”.

On June 11, a GoFundMe was created by Grimmie’s manager to cover funeral costs and expenses for the Grimmie family, raising over $170,000 in two days and surpassing its goal of $4,000. It received over 25,000 shares through social media, but soon after, Adam Levine offered to pay for all expenses. Also, a petition was created on change.org to honor Grimmie, a fan of the video game series The Legend of Zelda, by naming an NPC after her in the upcoming Legend of Zelda game set to be released in 2017. It was signed by over 70,000 people, including her brother Marcus, though nothing ever came of it. Grimmie was scheduled to appear at E3 2016, the former president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, gave his condolences to Grimmie and the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting before giving his Nintendo E3 2016 speech on announcing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

In February 2017, Grimmie’s family announced their plans to create a foundation in her honor named “The Christina Grimmie Foundation”. The foundation’s purpose is to support those affected by gun violence and/or breast cancer. The foundation frequently hosts events in Grimmie’s honor, to ensure that Grimmie’s death is “not the end of her story.” Later that month, an episode of 48 Hours titled “Stalked” aired focusing on Grimmie’s murder.

In May 2017, the family’s attorney, Brian Caplan, said that Grimmie’s family would file a new complaint after a Florida judge dismissed the original lawsuit.

2018

Grimmie identified as a Christian. Her family attended Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford, New Jersey, before they moved to Los Angeles. Grimmie had cited her mother, a three-time breast cancer survivor, as a major inspiration for her musical career. On September 2, 2018, Grimmie’s mother Tina Grimmie died at the age of 59 after a “courageous and brave battle with breast cancer”.

On the second anniversary of Grimmie’s murder, the city of Orlando paid tribute, as did the police force. That same month, a podcast titled “Christina Grimmie: The Murder of a Rising Star” was released, with separate episodes all focusing on key components of her murder. After the Jacksonville Landing shooting occurred in August 2018, BBC News compared Grimmie’s murder with it, along with other shootings that had occurred in Florida.

On April 9, 2018, just short of a year after the Grimmie family filed a new complaint in a Florida court, it was revealed that a judge rejected the defendants’ AEG Live and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Plaza Foundation motions to dismiss the case, and has allowed the family’s lawsuit to move forward. In their lawsuit the Grimmie family alleges that the defendants “failed to take adequate security measures to ensure the safety of the performers and the attendees at the concert venue.” Grimmie’s family is also being allowed to move forward on claims of “negligent infliction of emotional distress”. The judge determined more research on the claims is needed before going forward. According to court records, on December 3, 2019, Grimmie’s family voluntarily dismissed the case.

Upcoming Birthday

Currently, Christina Grimmie is 28 years, 8 months and 21 days old. Christina Grimmie will celebrate 29th birthday on a Sunday 12th of March 2023.

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